How Juventus Will Line Up Against Lyon

Juventus enter Thursday's Europa League tie with Lyon looking to banish the memory of Sunday's nightmare at the San Paolo.

The Bianconeri were poor against Napoli, who won comfortably, exposing the champions' inability to defend against wingers pushed high up the pitch.

In a competition that the Italian champions are favourites for, especially due to the final being held at their own stadium in Turin, they will be expected to comfortably surpass this stage against Lyon.

Here is how Antonio Conte is likely to line them up at the Stade de Gerland Thursday.

Centre-Midfield: Claudio Marchisio

Claudio Marchisio will get a start against Lyon due to Arturo Vidal serving a suspension for an accumulation of yellow cards.

Il Principino has needed to be patient this season, and with Paul Pogba's emergence this season, Conte has needed to cruelly drop the fans' favourite.

Marchisio is still producing, with the sensational long-range goal against Cagliari springing to mind, which will please Cesare Prandelli ahead of the World Cup.

An extended run of games in the run-in is quite possible.

With a deeper run in the Europa League, Conte will have more opportunities to play the 28-year-old, especially with Vidal and Pogba struggling for form, in addition to Andrea Pirlo needing his schedule being managed.

Left-Midfield: Kwadwo Asamoah

Asamoah has been superb this season, progressing his game substantially.

With more quality and consistency in the final third, the Ghanaian finally has some quality to complement his athleticism and physical dominance.

Asamoah will look to inject some pace into this side, and given he is able to put in a series of sprints throughout the 90 minutes, Juve finally have an outlet they can trust to feed the ball regularly.